Washtub attachment.



No. 669,860. Pateutgd Mar. l2, 190|'.

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n WASHTUVB ATTACHMENT.

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No. 669,660. Patanted`Mar. l2, 190i.

0. SCHWEIZER.

wAsHTUB ATTACHMENT.

(Application led July 31, 1900.) v

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(No Model.)

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OTTO SCHWEIZER, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

WASHTUB ATTACHlVl ENT.

SE'EGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,860, dated `March 12, 1901.

application filed .Tuly 3l, 1900. Serial No. 25,389. (No model.)

"0 @ZZ whom i may concern; y

Re it known that I, OTTO SCHWEIZER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and lmproved Washtub Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhe purpose of this invention is to provide a washtub with a removable partition enabling the washtub t0 be used as a bath-tub; and my invention consists in certain novel features of construction of the partition and its appurtenant parts.

This speciiication is the disclosure of one form of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof. l

Reference is .to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of a washtub having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof, showing the partition fastened in place. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. a cross-section of the invention, showing the levers released and the levers when the strain thereon is relaxed and the levers are about to be disengaged from the tub. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the levers as in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the same parts, except that the levers are shown in disengaged position. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. t. Fig. 8 is a detail section illustrating the manner of packing the partition, and Fig. 9 is a similar View of a modified arrangement of the packing.

The tub a is preferably constructed of slate in the usual manner and is sustained on legs a-,as shown. At each side of the middle of the tub cleats b of metal are arranged, the lower ends of the cleats being formed with feet ZJ, which are fastened to the middle legs d' of the tub. The upperends ofthe cleats b are formed with inwardly-projected lips b2, which are set into recesses in the side walls of the tub, so as to secure the upper ends of the cleats thereto. The cleats are also formed at their upper ends with inwardly-projecting flanges b3, the purpose of which will fully appear hereinafter.

Fig. 4 is.

The partition cis constructed,preferably, of metal and is provided at its bottom and side -edges with a rubber packing-strip c, the

tion c, and thereby securely pack the partition at these points to prevent water leaking past the partition. It desired, the partition may be provided with a pneumatic packingtube c3 (see Fig. 9) in place of the strip c.

The partition'c is held firmly in place by two levers e, which are formed, as indicated bestin Figs. 5 and 6, with longitudinally-disposed slots e' therein, through which slots are passed headed pinsf, fastened to the upper edge o'f the partition c. These pins serve to hold the levers in position on the partition. The outer ends of the levers c are formed with toes e2, which respectively engage under the lips or flanges b3, so that the outer ends of the levers are thereby secured to the top of the tub through the medium of the cleats b, which are fast to the tub. The inner ends of the levers e are formed with reduced portions e3, which are slotted to receive a screw g, which passes through them and screws into the edge of the partition c. This screw g is provided with a head g', formed with openings for the reception of a tool by which the screw may be operated. Mounted on the screw, just above the ends e3 of the levers e, is a block 7?.which is engaged by the head g of the screw and which is pressed thereby into engagement-with the ends e3 of the levers e, so as to actuate the levers and throw tliem into locked position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The screw g has a collar g2 formed thereon at a point below the ends e3 of the levers e, so as to limit the movement of the screw through the ends of the levers. The block h carries at one side an apron h',

which hangs down alongside of the inner ends of the levers e. The ends e3 of the levers are provided with pins e4, and on one of these pins a plate t', forming a sort of lever, is fulcrumed. The other pin e4 is projected loosely into a slot i', formed in the plate 'L'. By throwing the plate i to the position shown TOO in Figs. 2, 3, and the levers 6 are extended and their toes e2 caused to engage with the flanges b3. Then by screwing down the screw g the levers are held in engagement with the hub and the partitions fastened. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) By throwing the plate t' to the position shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the levers e are moved toward each other and out of engagement with the flanges b3. The slot 'i' enables the levers to be quickly and easily disengaged from the tub.

To lock the partition in place, the plate t' is thrown to horizontal position and the screw g is moved down until the head g of the screw engages the block h and forces it against the ends e3 of the levers e, holding the'levers l in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, To

remove the partition, the screw gis moved up to the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5, soY

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A washtub attachinent,oomprisinga partition, levers mounted on the upper edge thereof, a plate pivoted on one lever and having sliding connection with the other lever, and a screw carried on the partition and working with the inner ends of the levers.

2. The combination with a washtub, of cleats secured to the outer faces thereof and having inwardly projecting extensions at their upper ends, such extensions being set into recesses in the tub, a removable partition fitted in the tub, and means on the partition engaging the extensions of the cleats to hold the partition in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO SCHVVEIZER.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. BONE, JOHN MILLIGAN. 

